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Fighting Pests And Diseases Organically With Help From Wild Cocoa Trees

By Maryanne

In every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or labour-intensive manual techniques. However, there are now clean, ecological methods, for instance using sources of natural resistance.
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    May 16, 2008 at 6:53 am | Reply

    [...] Ola Bini wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or labour-intensive manual techniques. … [...]

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